Flight of the Heron read-along: Part I chapters 1-2

[regshoe]

Hark! now the drums they beat again for all good soldiers, gentlemen...

Welcome back to the Flight of the Heron read-along! This week we read the first two proper chapters, and meet Keith Windham—and Keith meets Ewen Cameron.

As you'll have noticed, Broster is fond of including both Gaelic and Scots words in dialogue; this online Gaelic-English dictionary and this one for Scots may be of use if you'd like to look anything up.

Next week we will continue with chapters 3 and 4.

Comments

[regshoe]

Oh yes, I remember you telling me about Sweetenham! IIRC he was captured in a different incident while also marching for Fort William—in any case, yes, what happens to Keith is definitely a combination of the historical Sweetenham and Thomson.

Aaah, thank you for that link! A suitably gory tale.

[luzula]

Ah, you're right! Found this here: Gordon of Glenbucket, who brought with him Captain Sweetenham, an English officer of Guise's regiment, who had been taken prisoner by a party of Keppoch's men while on his way to Fort William to inspect that fortress.